Southeastern Oklahoma State University Men's Basketball

Kelly Green enters his 15th season as the head coach for the Southeastern Oklahoma State men’s basketball program in 2025-26 after taking over in the spring of 2011.   While at the helm of the Savage Storm, the men’s basketball team has a record of 218-178in the 13 seasons under Green and has captured two GAC regular-season championships (2021-22 and 2023-24). SE has consistently been a top team in the GAC, with Green at the helm, finishing the year inside the top two in five of the previous six seasons and making the postseason in 11 of his 13 seasons with SE.   Green has seen many great players come through the program and has helped develop 34 all-conference honorees and 15 first-team all-selections. The First Team All-GAC members include Chris Roussell (2012-13), Urald King (2013-14), Taylor Smaller (2014-15), Anton Cook (2016-17), and Kevin Buckingham (twice), Adam Dworsky (three times), Ante Brzovic (2021-22), Jett Sternberger (2022-23), Brennen Burns (2023-24) and Kody Clouet (2023-24).   Additionally, Green has coached two GAC Players of the Year in Buckingham and Dworsky. Green has had a member of his squad selected as an all-conference member in every season and even saw the league’s first Freshman of the Year when Antonio Worthy won it in 2011-12.   The 2023-24 season marked the second time in three years that Southeastern Oklahoma State claimed the regular-season championship. The Storm put together a 23-9 campaign with an 18-4 conference record. SE was led by three All-GAC players, featuring first-team members Burns and Clouet and Second Team All-GAC Kyle Leslie. Southeastern led the league in scoring with 85.7 points per game and topped the conference in field goal percentage, shooting 48.5 percent as a team.   The 2021-22 team saw the program’s first Great American Conference regular season championship after posting 24 wins overall and an 18-4 mark in league play. The team secured GAC Player and Freshman of the Year awards in Dworsky and Brzovic, respectively, while landing five players on the all-conference team. After leading SE to its first regular-season title, Green would earn GAC Coach of the Year honors for the first time. In 2019-20, the Storm posted its second-straight second-place finish in the regular season GAC standings and a third-straight GAC tournament berth. SE finished the year with a 23-8 record and a second-straight NCAA Tournament berth. The Storm entered the NCAA Central Regional Tournament as the No. 3 seed before the post-season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.   Buckingham and Dworsky were each named First Team All-GAC selections in 2019-20, while Kellen Manek and Kayo Goncalves each took home all-conference honors as well. Dworsky would later set Southeastern’s season and career assists record during the 2019-20 season and smash the GAC record for assists in a season. Buckingham would finish his career as just the fourth player in school history to score 2,000 points.   In his first season with the Savage Storm, Green saw a nine-game turnaround from the year before, helping SE to a 12-17 season. Southeastern earned a spot in the GAC Tournament that season as the fifth seed, making the postseason for the first time since the 2006-07 season.     Before taking over the Storm in 2011, Green spent 14 seasons with Arizona Western College, where he became the all-time career wins leader with 342 victories. While at AWC, Green compiled five regional championships, six regional runners-up and five conference titles. He was also named Region Coach of the Year six times and District Coach of the Year three times.   He was recently elected into the ACCAC Hall of Fame for his 14 standout seasons with Arizona Western College.   Green made three stops as head coach from 1991-1997 before taking over at AWC, leading Western Texas College, Western New Mexico State and Angleton High School for a season.   His first head coaching stint came at Frank Phillips College from 1989-1991, where he was the youngest head coach in the Lone Star State at the time. He would help lead the men’s basketball team to its first winning season in a decade.   He is beginning his 40th year of coaching experience in all, including 31 years as a collegiate head coach, and has compiled a 599-329 record.   Green comes from a strong coaching background, as his late father, Cletus, registered over 750 wins as a head coach at the Division I, Division II, community college and high school levels. His father was elected into the Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2007 and inducted into the NEO Hall of Fame in 2004.   His brother Steve is one of the winningest coaches at the NJCAA level, with three National Champions at South Plains College. Before retiring at South Plains, Steve was inducted into the NJCAA Hall of Fame.   Green graduated from Northwestern Oklahoma State, where he lettered in basketball and tennis for two years. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Business Management from NWOSU and a Master's Degree in Education from Oklahoma City. Green and his wife Ginger (Ratzlaff) have been married for 36 years and have two children; their daughter Caspian and son Dakota. Green's Record at Southeastern Year Ovr. Record Conf. Record 2011-12 12-17 8-8 2012-13 15-12 11-9 2013-14 9-18 6-14 2014-15 15-14 11-9 2015-16 11-17 9-13 2016-17 12-16 8-14 2017-18 15-14 13-9  2018-19 23-8 16-6  2019-20 23-8 16-6 2020-21 8-11* 7-10 2021-22 24-6 18-4 2022-23 18-10 15-7 2023-24         23-9 18-4     2024-25 10-18 8-14 14 Seasons  218-178 164-127     

Ryan Quinn begins his 12th season in 2025-26 as the assistant men’s basketball coach for Southeastern Oklahoma State after joining in 2013. Quinn has helped coach the Savage Storm to two regular-season GAC Championships (2021-22 and 2023-24), nine GAC Tournament appearances and two trips to the NCAA Tournament. As an assistant for Southeastern, the Savage Storm are 191-149and hold a 137-96 mark in league games. During his time with the Storm, Quinn has helped develop 14 first-team all-selections: Urald King (2013-14), Taylor Smaller (2014-15), Anton Cook (2016-17), and Kevin Buckingham (twice), Adam Dworsky (three times), Ante Brzovic (2021-22), Jett Sternberger (2022-23), Brennen Burns (2023-24) and Kody Clouet (2023-24).   The 2023-24 season marked the second time in three years that Southeastern Oklahoma State claimed the regular-season championship. The Storm put together a 23-9 campaign and finished the year 18-4 in league games. SE was led by three All-GAC players, featuring first-team members Burns and Clouet and Honorable Mention honoree Kyle Leslie. Southeastern led the league in scoring with 85.7 points per game and topped the conference in field goal percentage, shooting 48.5 percent as a team.   The 2021-22 team saw the program’s first Great American Conference regular season championship after posting 24 wins overall and an 18-4 mark in league play. The team secured GAC Player and Freshman of the Year awards in Dworsky and Brzovic, respectively, while landing five players on the All-GAC team.   Quinn joined Southeastern after spending two seasons with Seminole State, where he began as an assistant and later took over as the interim head coach in his second year. While at the helm, he guided Seminole State to an improved season from the year before.   Before his two-year stint with Seminole State, Quinn spent two seasons as a graduate assistant coach for Central Oklahoma. While at UCO, the Bronchos won the Lone Star Conference-North Division both years and the conference tournament in 2011. UCO also reached the NCAA regional finals in 2011.   Quinn started as a student assistant at the University of Oklahoma from 2003-08 under head coaches Kelvin Sampson and Jeff Capel.   A native of Chicago, Quinn received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Oklahoma and his master’s degree from Central Oklahoma.   Quinn and his wife, Katie (Puckett), have one son, Carter.  

Luke Mattson begins his first season as the Graduate Assistant coach for the Southeastern Oklahoma men’s basketball program in 2024-25.   Mattson joins the Storm after spending a season as an assistant coach for the Northern Michigan men’s basketball program in 2023-24. While on staff, Mattson helped NMU to a GLIAC regular season title after a 22-11 season. The Wildcats would also earn a spot in the NCAA Midwest Regional Quarterfinals.   Before turning to collegiate coaching, Mattson coached the 14U and 16U Great Northern Elite AAU teams for three seasons. Among the players he helped coach was a 2023 MHSAA state champion from Munising in Trevor Nolan.   Mattson was also a four-year letter in college, playing two seasons with Bay Community College and another two with Finlandia University. While at Bay Community College, he won two titles and helped his team to a 39-20 record. In his last two years with Finlandia, Mattson played in 45 games for the Lions.   Mattson graduated from Bay Community College in 2020 and later earned his bachelor’s degree in Sports Management from Finlandia University in 2023.